i say that because as you said, dave helby said the alliance is strong and provides a foundation for everything we do. i wanted to shift gears a little bit and ask about president park's's trust policy and how that fits with our policy supporting her, and i think the importance of her policy, the ability of her policy to succeed also rests on the strength of the alliance but i wonder if you could talk about the relationship of our policy and president park's's policy. >> absolutely. this is an area in which our two countries have had very close and continuous cooperation even before the election when we first reached out to the political camps during the campaign. it was clear the trustpolitik was built on the same foundational principles that we had. flexibility, to talk, to explore, to probe, a strong commitment to denuclearization, clear linkage that negotiations that resulted in substantial progress in u.s.-dprk relations would be found on progress in denuclearization and this tracks very much with president pack's articulation of trust polity and testing the north to allow human